In a recent article I found from January 23rd, 2015 the author exploits
a Fraternity whom calls Michigan State home. The MSU Fraternity, Pi Kappa Alpha as known as
“Pike,” shared a viral video of a sex act with a "seemingly
intoxicated girl" (Vargas-Cooper 2015).
This short clip shows what a reasonable person would believe to be an
intoxicated woman giving oral sex to a man believed to be a Pike brother due to
the fact that during the clip the man asks the woman “What’s the best
fraternity at MSU?” And to her opinion, responds “Pike.”
Similarly while unfortunately, this headline seems all too familiar to
the brothers of Kappa Delta Rho, The Pennsylvania State University Chapter.
Recent buzz on campus revealed that brothers of KDR also took it upon
themselves to post nude and obscene pictures of women passed out drunk on their
private Facebook page.
The MSU video showed the apparent brother of Pike and the woman
actively, voluntarily, and while intoxicated participating. (Which as an
undergrad criminology major, is still recognized as ILLEGAL because by law, any
decision (or contract) formed while under the influence of alcohol (or drugs)
is irrelevant in a court of law due to the fact the victim was not in the
rightful, sound, or conscious mind.
Subsequently, differences include that MSU made a video, whereas, PSU
posted pictures. These pictures of the women that were taken clearly show it
was done involuntarily and without consent or knowledge of as to what was going
on. While the photos from PSU don’t show literal sexual acts like the video,
its still sexual assault! As if the brothers of KDR weren’t already in enough
trouble, an article from Philly.com brings to surface
that there had been another instance where members of KDR had been asked to
shut down the page for identical reasons by one of the girls whom was
photographed. They honored her request, waited a while, then re-named and kept
the Facebook page going.
Although PSU’s situation was entirely wrong, it makes me proud to say
I’m a PSU student because of the way they handled it. Showing that some involved
in the KDR fraternity still have their morals straight, an anonymous brother
was named as a cooperating witness as well as some members whom are openly
cooperating because they "want to do the right thing." Police were also being
proactive with the victims offering legal and advocate advice as well as
services. Ultimately, KDR was suspended for the remainder of the semester at
PSU. Both the VP of student affairs and President of PSU are being very active
in the case. Damon
Simons, the Vice President of student affairs insists the allegations
being held against the fraternity demands immediate attention and PSU needs to
do more in order to address misconduct and sexual assault on campus. Meanwhile,
Eric Barron the President of PSU, is
working with KDR’s national leadership committee to determine if KDR will
continue its presence on campus.
Alternatively, at first the
president of Pike’s Chapter at MSU seemed apologetic, sympathetic, and disclaimed
any involvement with the production or distribution of the video. He lost my respect when he further commented
that nothing “clearly” shows it was an MSU student. Further, a marketing
official from Pike’s national office also poorly handled the situation by
addressing it as “an unfortunate attempt at defamation” and is apologetic for
the “crude display and lack of respect to the woman in the video.” Not only
does this show that Pike is unwilling to take responsibility for their
brothers’ actions, but also trying to cover it up claiming they were framed
seems to make me believe that they knew it was or could have been MSU’s chapter.
Other than not being able to distinguish the origin of the video’s whereabouts
as the abbreviation MSU isn’t clarified, the list of possible schools as
follows : Massachusetts State University, MA ;
Michigan State University, MI ; Minnesota State University, MN ;
Mississippi State University, MS ; Missouri State University, MO ; Montana
State University, MT ; or Montclair State University, NJ etc.
Due to the fact
that hiring an IT analyst may be a bit pricey in order to determine the origin
of the slandering video it would definitely provide answers. Better yet, they
could assign IT interns to trace and or analyze to find the state the video
originated in.
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